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Cyprinodontoidei 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 165614

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Suborder  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): cyprinodontoids [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderCyprinodontiformes Berg, 1940 – cyprinodonts, cyprinodontiforms, cyprinodontes, killifishes  
                               SuborderCyprinodontoidei  – cyprinodontoids  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Family Anablepidae Garman, 1895 – cuatrojos, four-eyed fishes, poissons à quatre yeux, four-eyes, anablepids 
                                  Family Cyprinodontidae Gill, 1865 – killifishes, toothcarps, cachorritos, cyprinodontes, cyprinodontids, pupfishes 
                                  Family Fundulidae Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 – fundulines, fondules, sardinillas, killifishes, topminnows 
                                  Family Goodeidae Jordan, 1923 – goodeid topminnows, goodéidés, mexcalpiques, goodeids, splitfins 
                                  Family Poeciliidae Garman, 1895 – livebearers, topminnows, poecilies, topotes y espadas, poeciliids, livebearing toothcarps 
                                  Family Profundulidae Hoedeman and Bronner, 1951 – Middle American killifishes, escamudos, profundulidés 
                                  Family Valenciidae Parenti, 1981  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Cyprinodontoidei   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cyprinodontoidei   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parenti, Lynne R.  
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title: A phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of cyprinodontiform fishes (Teleostei, Atherinomorpha)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 168, pt. 4   
  Page(s): 335-557   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0090   
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  Reference for: Cyprinodontoidei   
       

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